2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/116748A recently proposed nearest neighbor based selection of time delays for phase space reconstruction is extended to multivariate time series, with an iterative selection of variables and time delays. A case study of numerically generated solutions of the x- and z coordinates of the Lorenz system, and an application to heart rate and respiration data, are used for illustration.4 pages, 3 figuresChaotic Dynamicstext